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Coloring is normal for being stressed or sleeping. Are you sure he just hasn't woken up yet? If he is awake, something is stressing him, i.e....
+1First is definitely Pavona, agree on the second.
If your PO4 levels were that high for a period of time, your rock and sand absorbed PO4 as well. Therefore, the rock/sand will continue to leach out...
Something must be in the water... :P I have red bugs right now as well, and will begin treatment next week. I'm pretty much in the same boat as...
As surprised as I am to hear this, I'm not all at the same time. Your insistence and preference for light stocking certainly makes a lot more sense...
Just to be clear, when I say "more on the aggressive side", this is relative to fairy wrasses. By most standards, that's still not aggressive at...
So she was left to tend to the tank for a few days, correct? How much/often did she feed?
Personally, I don't like any media in an overflow, because if it get clogged, you've got a flood. If the media on the pump gets clogged, your pump...
It's a nudi - it was eating something... "Worm with horns" = kill
I'd do a flasher in a 55 if I really wanted a wrasse, but as stated, that's really too small for fairys.
$8 around these parts.
Lubbocks is also a Cirrhilabrus. The solorensis is known to be a more more on the aggressive side for the Cirrhilabrus genus, as is the Red Velvet....
Bubble algea. It may become invasive and a problem. Manual removal works, but don't pop it. You can "roll" the bubbles off the rock if you're...
I tend to disagree on the necessity of the ammonia kit, but it definitely doesn't hurt. My view as such that if you are not overstocked or...
If flashing is all you're after, you could add a male of another fairy wrasse species (anything but another red velvet).
It's been stated before: "The biggest threat to a reef tank is its owner"
+1 to this. And we all f$#% up, sooner or later. It's just a matter of how bad you do it. ;)
With sincerity, based off the photo, it looked doomed before you fragged it. Any success would have defied the odds. K+ for the effort.
I agree with KC and RedGambit. Females are just pale, and will be hard to find as they generally are not intentionally collected.
Evolved is me, the resident wrasse freak :cheesy: Halichoeres ornatissimus or Halichoeres biocellatus, but that's getting down to the nitty gritty....
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